IIIT East and South East Asia Office organized a Special
Recognition Dinner to congratulate Dr. Ahmad Totonji for the conferment of
Honorary Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Social Science from University
Selangor. IIIT also congratulated Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Wira Dr. Jamil Osman and
Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Md. Tahir Md. Azhar, both were conferred Professor
Emeritus by the International Islamic University Malaysia. The Dinner was
organized on November 8, 2016 at the Banquet Hall, International Islamic University
and was attended by more than 100 professors, students and friends.
Associate Prof. Dr. Mustafa Omar, Prof. Dr. Md. Aslam Md.
Haneef and Brother Shamsul Azhar were invited to present brief experiences they
had with the main guests. They shared their memorable moments in interacting
with them and related few anecdotes to inform the audience on the contributions
and personal attributes of the main guests. All three were indebted directly to
the three main guests for helping and encouraging them to succeed in their
careers and private lives.
Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Md. Tahir Md. Azhar in his
speech thanked IIIT for organizing the Dinner. He felt humbled with the
recognition given and gave his commitment to be associated with IIIT programs
and activities in the near future. Dr. Ahmad Totonji called for brothers and
sisters in the Muslim world to work together despite of their differences. He
said through out of his experience, we differed only 10% and agreed 90% on most
of the issues that we are facing. Therefore, Dr. Ahmad stressed that we should
work on the 90% that we agreed rather than focusing on the small portion that
we disagreed. He also stressed the need for working in a cohesive team and
having a positive view of the future. Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Wira Dr. Jamil Osman
thanked everyone for their continuous support to IIIT programs and activities. He
said that currently IIIT East and South East Asia office is embarking on an
ambitious textbook project and he invited all scholars and IIIT friends to contribute
in the project.
The brothers and sisters were delighted with the Dinner
and having the opportunity to congratulate all three invited guests in person.
Everyone is looking forward for future events and activities organized by the
IIIT office.
No comments:
Post a Comment